A week later, at the bidding meeting, Russia's Lukor and Longteng International jointly bid for the right to exploit the two super oil fields in Basra, and oil companies from other countries auctioned off some small oil fields, and the Basra provincial government signed cooperation agreements with these companies as soon as possible.

The actions taken by the central government and the U.S. military have not affected the Basra bid much, but have contributed to the bid, at least making it clear to all countries that the U.S. military does not have an absolute advantage over Basra, at least until the guerrillas and Baath remnants of the Mahdi Army are eliminated, they will not dare to do anything to Basra.

As for the guerrillas of the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party, it is not so simple to eliminate, Iran and some countries in the Middle East have been supporting them behind the scenes, which has greatly affected the security forces and the US military.

Especially after Basra has missile forces, and now the whole world knows that Basra already has the world's most advanced anti-aircraft missile S-300, and the US-led NATO military alliance accuses Russia of selling missiles to an illegal prophetic army, believing that they undermine the regional balance.

However, Russian officials countered that the missiles were not sold by them, but purchased from the black market by the Basra Prophet Army, and ridiculed that after so many years of US occupation of Iraq, it was difficult to restore even the basic power supply in the capital Baghdad, while Basra restored power supply in just a few months, and solved the problem of food, clothing and employment for citizens.

These words not only have the flavor of being a scoundrel, but also the smell of provocation is very strong, and I am supporting Basra behind my back, what can you do with us?

As a result, the two sides began to fight a war of words, and the central government of Iraq and Basra were also fighting a war of words, and Vivian specially set up a propaganda hall in order to deal with the central government's backlash, and the most important thing is that the central government is only talking, but Basra's missile forces are doing it every day.

The citizens of Basra can see the missile unit almost every day, they are training every day, and they are firing live ammunition drills, and the attentive citizens have discovered a very interesting thing: Once the US Air Force makes a move, the missile launchers on the Basra side will launch one or two missiles extravagantly, saying that they are training troops, but in fact they are threatening the air security of the US military.

As a result, the two Iraqi US air bases did not dare to carry out large-scale air operations, and only dared to send drones to conduct small-scale reconnaissance, but did not dare to enter the airspace of Basra.

Without large-scale air support, the US Army is basically trembling in the north, which naturally reduces their efficiency in clearing out guerrillas, and in the past their operations would be supported by the air, but now in addition to drones, helicopters.

In the course of a week, the number of sorties of drones and helicopters from the two US air bases in Iraq has reached several thousand, almost catching up with the frequency of the attack on Iraq, but the guerrillas have obtained a large number of anti-helicopter rocket launchers out of nowhere, and even some of the relatively good performance will pose a threat to the UAVs.

Therefore, in these days of purges, the security forces suffered heavy losses, even the US military was shot down a Black Hawk helicopter, and the two American pilots died directly on the spot, prompting the anti-war sentiment in the United States to grow more and more fierce, although the White House spokesman pointed out that they were not in Iraq for war, but for the restoration of Iraq and the stabilization of the situation in Iraq.

But the American people are not so easy to fool, and the media hype up the difference between Basra in the capital Baghdad, the people's antipathy to the government has become more and more intense.

In the headquarters base of the Prophet Army, Xiami is commanding the missile unit to start regular training, but what is different today is that their radar screen is locked on a US drone in the airspace of Kadir Province, a neighboring province in the north of Basra Province, which is also the first time that Xiami has fought in a province outside the airspace of Basra.

Basra is bordered by three provinces and two neighbouring countries, Kuwait in the west and Iran in the east, Muthanna in the northwest, Qadir in the north, and Missan in the northeast.

Among the three provinces, Muthanna Province is basically in the desert, adjacent to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, without oil and basically difficult to grow crops, after the Iraq War, the Americans handed over this place to the Japanese troops, and then the United States withdrew, and the Japanese naturally withdrew, but the Japanese in this capacity have contracted a lot of land, and they don't know what they are doing.

As for the remnants of the Ba'ath Party, it seems that they have little interest in this identity, so their numbers are also small. This is despite the fact that the security forces have only one combat battalion and one police battalion in the entire province.

In the north, the province of Qadir is very rich and although there is not much oil, it is one of Iraq's food sources.

The northeastern province of Missan is not only rich, but also a major oil province, with 30 billion barrels of oil in the province, which is almost the largest oil province in the central province.

Longteng International once bid for the largest oil field in the province, but because the remnants of the Baath Party clashed with government forces in the province and occupied almost the entire province of Missan, the oil fields are still controlled by the remnants of the Baath Party, and they are secretly cooperating with Iran to develop them, which is also the direct source of financial resources for the remnants of the Baath Party.

The four Baath Party identities and three provinces are bordered by Basra, so they form a natural line of defense, which is why the US military and security forces cannot afford to care about Basra.

As for the government forces in these provinces, they were not able to deal with the remnants of the Baath Party when the U.S. and central government were attacking the northern Mahdi Army, let alone entering Basra to engage the Prophet Army.

"Is it locked?" Xiami asked, staring at the radar screen.

"The third missile position has been locked, but there is only 30 percent certainty that it will be able to hit." The technician said.

"Then wait until it's closer, we have time anyway." Shrimp is not in a hurry at all, it is like laying a trap waiting for the animal to enter.

Five minutes later, the technician said, "That's it!" ”

Shrimp immediately picked up the phone and said, "Launch the missile." ”

Although the prophet had an order to use the US planes as targets, they were still worried that the Americans would pay a terrible price for their cross-provincial provocations.

Everyone stared at the green dots and red dots on the radar screen, and at this time most people hoped that the missile would not hit the drone, only Shrimp looked excited and looked forward to something.

Obviously, the Russian man-made S-300 is very reliable, and after a few minutes, the red and green dots on the radar screen disappeared one after another, and then an excited report came from the No. 3 missile position: "Sir, the missile accurately hit the target." ”

Shrimp smiled, and then issued an order: "Attention to all missile positions, now enter the actual combat state, all missiles are aimed at the drones of the US military in Kadir Province and Missan Province, do not scruple, attack freely." ”

There was an excited voice from the missile position, this day is destined not to be peaceful, there have been six US UAVs of various types, caught off guard, shot down by the missile troops, the US military can be described as heavy losses, although the cost of most UAVs is not very high, but UAVs of such a model as the Predator are very expensive.

What is surprising is that the US military did not react at all, and closed its mouth as if it had suffered a dumb loss and swallowed it with bloody teeth, and even the central government in Baghdad did not engage in a war of words with the propaganda hall in Basra, and the drum stopped.

Within a week, they shot down 20 US unmanned reconnaissance planes of various types, and almost every 10 missile positions of the missile units fired more than 10 missiles.

During the week in Basra, missiles were seen almost every day, and the citizens thought there were air strikes again, but the militia and the Girl Scouts did not organize them to enter the bomb shelters, so they got used to it, and even discussed where the missiles were launched in their spare time.

But whenever these things are mentioned, the people of Basra are impassioned, and many people feel that this is the Prophet's counterattack against the Americans, and their hearts are even more enthusiastic, thinking how many years they have been taken care of by the war in Basra, how can they be so relieved? They were always the ones who were beaten before.

Now that it was completely reversed, the people of Basra were naturally very excited, and with the strong propaganda of the Women's Army and the militia forces, for a time there was a mood brewing in the whole Basra for the Prophet's Army to beat Basra.

The provincial government did not say a word about the actions of the missile forces, and it seems that Basra and Baghdad are silent but secretly fighting.

Fifth month.

Canglong came to the provincial government, where he was personally greeted by Governor Zinnam and Deputy Governor Assad, and Basra had returned to its former prosperity over the past few days and nights.

Because of the low tax policy of the Basra provincial government, and the fact that there are still two super oil fields that have not been opened, all foreign large enterprises have also begun to settle here, after all, in the last auction, the reason why Russia's Lukor and Longteng International were able to come out on top is mainly because the Basra provincial government proposed that whoever invests here first can get the right to oil exploration first.

Therefore, the so-called bidding is actually after Longteng International and Luke Company have given priority to selection, and the rest is left to oil companies in other countries.

Everyone thought that after Basra extracted oil, it would definitely be attacked by the central government and the Americans, but more than a month later, no one expected that the oil exploitation in Basra was in full swing, and the Americans and the central government not only did not strike at Basra, but the Prophet Army continued to provoke the United States and the central government.

This dramatic scene, no one expected, so in just one month, Basra's investment exploded, countless factories in Basra mushroomed like mushrooms, just because the next provincial government's bidding meeting, another large super oil field is about to open, and the priority to get the right to choose, you must invest in Basra, the provincial government has set a minimum investment, only to reach this minimum investment, can you have the right to bid.

From industry to agriculture to port transportation, Basra has created the wonders of the Middle East, and of course it has to do with its natural geographical location.